Neisseria Meningitidis RTX Proteins Are Not Required for Virulence in Infant Rats

Overview

Journal Infect Immun

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2003 Mar 26

PMID 12654851

Citations 14

Authors

Stanislav Forman

Irena Linhartova

Radim Osicka

Xavier Nassif

Peter Sebo

Vladimir Pelicic

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Abstract

RTX cytotoxins play an important role in virulence of numerous gram-negative pathogens. Unexpectedly, however, we show here that the RTX proteins of Neisseria meningitidis are dispensable for virulence in the infant rat model of infection.

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